Category: Awards & Tags

I was tagged by Reg @ She Latitude back in May last year, but I completely forgot about it! And now that I saw it sitting in my drafts, it’s rolled back around to Autumn in Australia, so I feel like this is a good enough time to do it, haha.

-Randomly choose 3 books.(You can use the ‘Random’ option on your Goodreads read shelf.)
-For each group, decide which book to burn, which one to rewrite, and which to reread.
-Repeat until you completed three rounds. (I decided to do five rounds)

I’m so sorry to choose this for burning, but I just can’t burn any of my favourites.

Rewrite: Silence (Hush, Hush, #3) by Becca Fitzpatrick

While I did love the story, I probably would’ve rewritten it so that Nora and Patch were a bit less annoying, since although I loved the book and rated it 5 stars on Goodreads, there were some points where I wanted to yell at Patch and Nora.

Reread: Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

I first read this book when I was around 8 years old, I think, and I really loved it from the very first reading. I’ve read this book numerous times over the years and honestly wouldn’t change anything.

Burn: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

I don’t really want to burn this book, but I’ll choose it to save the other two.

Rewrite: I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

I honestly really loved this book and I would only have it rewritten to make it longer! I would have liked to read more about Noah and Brian!!

Reread: Where She Went (If I Stay, #2) by Gayle Forman

This series is perfection. If I Stay broke my heart and left me in tears, and while Where She Went also broke my heart and left me in tears, I was just so happy to have another book about Adam and Mia.

While I did enjoy Winterspell, I found some parts didn’t really sit well with me, so I’m going to choose this one to burn. Also, how could I possibly sacrifice Nimona or Harry Potter??

Rewrite: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

I would rewrite this to add more about Blackheart and Goldenlion, and I would have changed the ending for sweet Nimona!! If Noelle came out with another 500 pages of Nimona comics, it still wouldn’t be enough for me.

Please, we all knew I wasn’t going to offer up the Half-Blood Prince for burning or rewriting! J.K. Rowling put so much thought into the whole Harry Potter series and I’m so happy with how the main series currently is, I couldn’t imagine it any other way.

This post will have three portions for the three set of questions. SO LET’S GET THIS STARTED!

How was your day?
It was great, thank you!

Favorite fictional book couple?
Oh geez, this is way too hard! But I’m going to have to go with my gut and pick these:
– Percy & Annabeth – Percy Jackson universe – Because let’s face it, they’re perfect in every way.
– James & Lily – Harry Potter Marauder Era – Although we don’t see much of them in the canon universe, I’ve read so much fanfiction and seen so many gorgeous photos that I ship them harder than any ships in the main Harry Potter era, haha.
– Will & Tessa – Shadowhunter Chronicles – GOALS GOALS GOALS. Also, I may have a thing for book-reading Herondales, sigh.

Compare your favorite book to a vegetable.
Intriguing question! Haha, for this question I’m going to use the cult-classic Harry Potter because I can. Hehe. I suppose it’s similar to vegetable in the way that the US covers of the Philosopher’s Stone is purple, like an eggplant. (I tried please don’t judge me too hard LOL)

Do you wear glasses or contacts, or do you have perfect eye sight?
No glasses or contacts for me! Although my eyesight isn’t totally perfect, but I don’t think I need glasses.

What is the color of your eyes?
As brown as good chocolate milk.

When you’re reading, does your face show your emotions or do you have a normal reading face?
When I’m reading I’m pretty sure I usually end up scowling HAHA, but yes! When I read my face definitely shows my emotions.

What do you love about books?
I think a better question is what don’t I love, haha.

What do you hate or dislike about books?
Nothing really, books are pretty much flawless. Oh, except for transporting, I would love to order more books online, but the shipment is so expensive because of the weight!!

What was the last book you cried over?
Do textbooks count? Haha. Hmm, tough question, I don’t really remember *goes to check Goodreads recently read list*, oh but the ending of Champion by Marie Lu did make me cry, the feels were just too much!!

What do you like to do if you’re not reading?
Like when I’m alone? To be honest, my hobbies don’t really go past books. If I’m not reading I’ll take pictures for my bookstagram, fix up things on my blog, write up reviews or scroll through social media apps. But recently I was inspired by some photos of gorgeous bookish crafts and have begun attempting to create some of my own!

Any weird talents like, being able to touch your nose with your tongue?
I can jiggle my ears and raise an eyebrow. Apart from that, I can’t really do anything else, haha.

It depends! Sometimes I prefer to read curled up on the couch or sprawled across my bed! Although, I do tend to find myself reading on the bed more often.

2. Male main character or female main character?

I don’t mind, for me it’s the character’s personality that matters!

3. Sweet snacks or salty snacks when reading?

Hmm, it’s difficult to choose, usually it’s whatever I feel like a the time, haha.

4. Trilogies or quartets?

It really depends on the story, like there’s no point in dragging a story along if everything is wrapped up in the 3/4 books, unless it’s a prequel/spin-off series, then that’s a whole different question!

5. First-person point of view or third-person point of view?

I don’t really mind either, to be honest, I don’t mind either depending on how the author writes.

6. Reading at night or in the morning?

Because I’m a full-time student, I don’t really have a lot of time to read in the morning, and I enjoy the peace and quiet I get when reading at night!

7. Libraries or bookstores?

There’s just something special about walking into a bookstore, epecially vintage ones!

8. Books that make you laugh or make you cry?

Laugh! I don’t mind both, but a girl can only cry over books a number of times, am I right?

9. Black book covers or white book covers?

Both are beautiful, of course, but I really love hard covers that are plain black when you take the dust jacket off, they just look so elegant!

10. Character-driven or plot-driven stories?

Again, it depends on the story, because if I don’t like the characters, I probably won’t continue reading, but if I don’t like the plot, it’ll just drag on. It’s a combination of both for me.

So there’s mine! I’m not too sure how good I am at these tags, since there were only a few questions where I actually picked one option over the other, haha!